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India’s Kuku snags $85M as mobile content wars intensify
Kuku plans to expand beyond India with a U.S. launch slated for next year.
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Co-founder of Indian social network Koo releases a new photo sharing app
PicSee is a new app that detects your friends’ photos on device and allows you to send it to them.
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Seoul weighs approval for Google, Apple high-resolution map requests
South Korea weighs granting Google and Apple access to high-resolution map data amid lingering security and regulatory concerns.
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Electric aircraft startup Beta Technologies seeks to raise $825M in IPO
If the company attracts investors at the top of its announced range, it will have a valuation of about $7.2 billion.
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This Thiel-backed venture allows doping in its own sports
Backed by Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital, the Enhanced Games aims to disrupt the Olympics with a competition that allows athletes to dope. Launching in Las Vegas in May 2026, the games promise $1 million bounties for breaking world records and lean on a business model reminiscent of Red Bull’s, using the…
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Spotify spotted working on a ‘SongDNA’ feature that showcases the people behind your favorite music
Spotify is developing a new “SongDNA” feature that lets users explore music through the people behind it — from writers and producers to vocalists and engineers.
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Apple adds 650 megawatts of renewables in Europe with more coming in China
Apple is adding renewable power to offset customer charging and support its operations, including third-party manufacturing in China.
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Eightfold co-founders raise $35M for Viven, an AI digital twin startup for querying unavailable coworkers
Viven’s seed funding was led by Khosla Ventures and Foundation Capital.
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Anthropic launches new version of scaled-down ‘Haiku’ model
Anthropic has released Claude Haiku 4.5, the newest version of its smallest model, billed as offering similar performance to Sonnet 4 “at one-third the cost and more than twice the speed.”
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Self-driving car companies Pony.ai and WeRide get the OK for Hong Kong listing
The Chinese AV companies are already traded on the Nasdaq.